How to Play an E Minor Barre Chord on Guitar

Learn how to play an E Minor barre chord in this guitar lesson from Howcast.

Transcript

Okay so this is interesting, we're gonna go to E minor now, and what's funny about that is we're gonna use an E minor shape to make an E minor barre chord. I know that sounds weird but we're just going through all the possibilities here. And so I'm making an E minor shape and I'm bringing it all the way to the 12th fret. So the 12th fret, that's where the guitar starts again. That's why there's, that's why there's two dots there on most guitars you know? So, here I am 12th fret with an E minor shape, this is an E minor barre chord. Right? And then you can also do it with A minor. Right, here's my A minor shape and I'm gonna bring that to the 7th fret. Here's the barre at the 7th, here's A minor, but now it's E minor. So there you go, E minor barre chord.